reticulate

(rĭ-tĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt')
adj.
Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf.


v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. (-lāt')

v.tr.

1. To make a net or network of.
2. To mark with lines resembling a network.

v.intr.
To form a net or network.

[Latin rēticulātus, from rēticulum, diminutive of rēte, net.]

reticulately re·tic'u·late·ly adv.
reticulation re·tic'u·la'tion n.

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Reticulation, orange-peel-like wrinkling of a photographic emulsion. In milder cases its surface goes matt, and prints look grainy. Reticulation is caused by large temperature differences between processing baths, especially between a cold pre-wash and a warm developer at high pH. It was once a common occurrence with photographic plates, so emulsions were often prehardened in formaldehyde before development. The only treatment (in desperation) is quickly to rinse the emulsion in cold water and plunge it into a methanol bath before drying rapidly with a hairdryer set to ‘cold’. Modern prehardened emulsions have made its appearance rare.

— Graham Saxby

Netlike or weblike. Often refers to leaves that are covered with a prominent network or webbing of veins. Can also refer to a netlike membrane that covers corms or other plant parts.

1. or reticular resembling a net; in the form of a network.
2. to create in the form of a net or network.

—reticulation n.

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The formation or presence of a network.

• radiographic r. — network appearance of the film; caused, for example, by hot developer and cold fixer, sometimes by weak fixer solution.

For a list of words related to reticulate, see:

• Botany and Plant Parts - reticulate: (adj) having veins arranged in netlike threads on leaves
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - reticulate: (vb) divide, arrange, or mark into network

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forsyne med net(værk)
v. intr. - danne netværk
adj. - netagtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
netvormig maken, netvormig

Français (French)
v. tr. - réticuler
v. intr. - réticuler
adj. - réticulé

Deutsch (German)
v. - netzartig einteilen
adj. - netzartig

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δικτυώνω, χωρίζω σε τετραγωνίδια
adj. - δικτυωτός

Italiano (Italian)
reticolare, reticolato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - rendilhar(-se)
adj. - reticulado

Русский (Russian)
иметь сетчатый узор, сетчатый

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reticular, formar o cubrir con una retícula
v. intr. - dar forma de red a
adj. - reticulado, similar a una red

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - täcke med ett nätverk, bilda ett nätverk
adj. - nätformig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
成网状, 分成小方格, 网状的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 成網狀
v. intr. - 成網狀, 分成小方格
adj. - 網狀的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 그물 모양을 하다
v. intr. - 그물 모양이 되다
adj. - 그물 모양의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 網状の, 網状進化の
v. - 網状にする, 網目を付ける, 網状になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعله شبكي الشكل (صفه) مكسو بشبكه, شبكي الشكل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮רישת‬
v. intr. - ‮התרשת‬
adj. - ‮מכוסה משבצות, מרושת, עשוי מעשה-תשבץ‬

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